Track.



No. 792,254. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. H. L. FERRIS.

TRACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1905.

UNTTEn STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OEETE HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,254, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed April 8, 1905. Serial No. 254,494.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, aciti- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tracks; and its object is to produce a device which shall have certain advantages, which will appear more fully and at large in the course of this specification.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features, which are shown in the accompanying drawings as embodied in my preferred form of construction.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a section through a building, showingmy improved device in place; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the track.

Referring to the d rawings, A is a rigid track, the same being preferably composed of two parallel angle-irons A, secured together to form a single T-shaped track. Between these two angle-irons are secured a plurality of upwardly-extending straps A, which are secured to the walls of the building, as illustrated. Upon the track thus formed run hangers B, which are illustrated as supporting a feed and litter carrierB. To the end of the track Aadjacent to the entrance of the building is secured at flat strap of metal C, the lower end of which is bent down under the track A and riveted thereto, so that the strap and track are lirinly secured together with their top surfaces in the same plane. The opposite end of the strap U is carried to a suitable support D and drawn tight by a turnbuckle E.

This track affords a particularly advantageous device for use with traveling conveyers, such as are used in farmwork, and especially for feed and litter carriers, for in such devices the track runs both indoors and outdoors. The carrier can run from the rigid track indoors onto the flat strap C, which presents a tread of substantially the same configuration, as far as that portion on which the rollers bear, as does the rigid track.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with the walls of a building, of a rigid track having a flat horizontal tread secured thereto, a hanger adapted to run on said track and a flat sheet-metal strap secured to one end of said rigid track and extending therefrom from the building.

2. The combination with the walls of a building, of a rigid track having a fiat horizontal tread secured thereto, a hanger adapted to run on said track and a flat sheet-metal strap secured to one end of said rigid track and ex tending therefrom from the building, said track being bent down under the edge of said rigid track whereby the upper surfaces of said tracks are substantially in the same plane.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for Letters Patent, at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, this 3d day of April, A. I). 1905.

HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

BLAKE B. BELL, C. H. REYNOLDS. 

